STATE v. KITCHEN

No. KCD 26472.

499 S.W.2d 572 (1973)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Virgil Lee KITCHEN, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

September 4, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sloan R. Wilson, Kansas City, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen. Richard E. Vodra, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

After trial in Division 3 of the Circuit Court, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, on a charge of first degree robbery, the jury found defendant guilty and assessed his punishment at ten years. Defendant had taken the stand and his testimony confesses every element of the offense. As stated by his counsel in closing argument: "This really amounts to a plea of guilty to a jury."

Defendant's counsel in that closing jury argument also stated that the jury...

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